921 So. 2d 38 - Wagner v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 2013
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ray v. State · 787 So. 2d 747 - Stephens v. State · 412 So. 2d 347 - Bryant v. State · 561 So. 2d 536 - Rivera v. State · 458 So. 2d 750 - Parker v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Section 782.04(2)d, Florida Statutes, [currently section 782.04(l)(a), Florida Statutes,] states that the killing of a human being, which occurs while a defendant is ‘‘engaged in the perpetration of” a robbery is murder in the first degree, or felony murder. The term "in the perpetration of” includes the period of time when a robber is attempting to escape from the scene of the crime. Absent some definitive break in the chain of circumstances beginning with the felony and ending with the killing, the felony, although technically complete, is said to continue to the time of the killing. The State must prove that there was no break in the chain of circumstances beginning with the felony and ending with the murder. Factors such as the relationship between the underlying felony and the homicide in point of time, place and causal relationship are important in determining whether there was a break in the chain of circumstances. In the case of flight, an important consideration is whether the fleeing felon has reached a place of temporary safety. If the killing is a predictable result of the felonious transaction, neither the passage of time nor separation in space from the felonious act to the killing precludes a felony murder conviction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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